Home Monitoring Via Internet or Cell Phone

An interest news article, Forget to turn off stove? Turn to the Net , takes a look at upcoming wireless security technologies that combine with broadband internet access to allow you to peek into your own home while you're away. "Advances in video electronics and the steady march of broadband Internet service are combining to offer consumers new ways to keep visual tabs on their homes or small businesses through cameras and "Webcams," whose pictures can be seen through password-protected Web sites."

You'll be able to check not home security type things like whether the front door has been opened but measure temperature or set an alarm for detecting water in flood-prone basements. Alerts can be delivered via the Internet or your cell phone. For people with high-resolution cell phones, there will even be the option to see through your phone's display what your webcam or home security camera is seeing.